Clarkson Names New Stig Pretender

The Stig

Claims the real Stig is Nicholas Witchell

By Michael Gauthier
January 26, 2009 3:55 PM
Filed Under: Entertainment

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson used his column in The Sun newspaper to mock the recent rumors surrounding the Stig's identity as Ben Collins.

Clarkson insists the rumors are an attempt to spoil everyone's fun and then goes on to say that the recent reports that the Stig is Ben Collins are wrong and that there is no single Stig. He then jokes about the internet speculation by saying "There are four (Stigs). The main one is Damon Hill. It's Tiff Needell."

The drama that surrounds the Stig's identity has ended up with members of the Top Gear crew being followed by paparazzi which led to naming of Collins who works for the show. Clarkson did admit that for still photographs there are several people who have donned the white suit and helmet in order to portray the Stig but only one is allowed to drive on the track. This leads us to Clarkson's last jab at the Daily Telegraph were he goes on say that the Stig's real identity is that of BBC royal reporter Nicholas Witchell.

 

Source: The Sun

Comments

Anthropos
January 26, 2009 5:51 PM
Hmm... Nicholas Witchell seems kind of odd to be the stig. It's probably a joke, but then again, who knows?

joshg_5
January 26, 2009 7:16 PM
It is a joke. He's mocking him.

GmBHcarfanatic
January 26, 2009 8:18 PM
lol its OBVIOUSLY a joke. sarcasm more like it.

Beetle
January 26, 2009 7:48 PM
Ha good old clarkson give as good as he gets .....

And BTW who cares who the stig is , just leave it alone.

sub39h
January 26, 2009 9:22 PM
a lot of ppl have been saying that. nobody really wants to know who he is... why don't we as a group collectively shun any media outlet that attempts to reveal his true identity? that should get these silly reporters to drop it

Bremen_Koenigsegg
January 27, 2009 4:16 AM
I agree! Anyone investigating the identity of Stig should be sat on bamboo chutes. Clearly Obama is the Stig.

shadow_man
January 27, 2009 4:38 AM
Personally I could care less who he is. But I do think the intrigue and mystery of it has done a lot for the show and their ratings, followings, etc. For all I know, it really is Ben Collins and Jeremy is just trying to mud up the waters. But if there is more than one Stig as he states (which there very well could be), then it would introduce a large flaw to their testing and make their list of track times not very credible.

fusion01
January 28, 2009 10:42 PM
It's me, my mum, my gran and my long-legged son. Really.

fusion01
January 28, 2009 10:43 PM
Lol on the Obama.... how will he keep 'stigging it' when trying to dig a country back from the wretches of hell? Tricky. Better start advertising - in The Sun - quick!!!

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